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Sanjoy Narayan

Sanjoy Narayan

Saturdays are holidays for the Bombay Stock Exchange, which remains shut for the weekend, but next Saturday when finance minister Arun Jaitley rises in Parliament to present the Narendra Modi government’s first full-year budget, the stock market will be open for trading.

Saturdays are holidays for the Bombay Stock Exchange, which remains shut for the weekend, but next Saturday when finance minister Arun Jaitley rises in Parliament to present the Narendra Modi government’s first full-year budget, the stock market will be open for trading.

For Kejriwal, there could be another pressing reason to tackle pollution in the city that he has just won: politics. The most vulnerable to the risks of urban air pollution are the cities poorest — many of whom are the real aam aadmi who’ve reposed their faith in AAP, writes Sanjoy Narayan.

In the din over the Delhi elections, which should be of little interest to those not living there, the upcoming Union budget, which will likely have a far more widespread impact, appears to have been forgotten, at least by much of media, writes Sanjoy Narayan.

For a CM, running Delhi can be tricky business. First, owing to the limited jurisdiction of the state government but also because the reporting manager for all the civic agencies, the police and the DDA is the lieutenant-governor (L-G), who is appointed by the President but chosen by the Centre.

It’s what you can probably call governance by ordinance. In the seven months since the Narendra Modi government came to power in May 2014, its Cabinet cleared 11 ordinances, 10 of which have already become law after the President of India promulgated them, writes Sanjoy Narayan.

For setting right their grievances Indian consumers have few options. Seeking justice in consumer courts is usually a long and tedious process with cases sometimes taking decades to get settled, writes Sanjoy Narayan.

China is the world’s factory and is eons ahead of India, which shouldn’t harbour wild dreams of rivalling that. India should look at unconventional solutions, such as the one 3D printing offers, writes Sanjoy Narayan.

Recruiters say the drive to hire employees is often triggered not by actual investment or expansion but on the expectation of that happening - a bit like how the Sensex rises on anticipation of good things happening, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.

Modi’s visit to the US — the official meetings as well as the exuberant unofficial events — has reignited US interest in India and many believe that could be the starting point for both countries to build on, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.

Congress leaders have called Modi’s Swachch Bharat movement 'a photo op'. Instead of carping about it, the Congress itself could do with a bit of orchestration, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.

Changing the behaviour and attitudes of older Indians may not be easy. That is why PM Narendra Modi’s Clean India Movement should begin at the bottom, with our children. HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan writes.

Rooting out black money will be tough for any government. Widening the tax base and lowering the rates will help but there would be political and social risks, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.